Dirlewanger Oskar Paul
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Dirlewanger Oskar Paul
Obersturmführer (1939), SS-Standartenführer (1944). Joined the Condor Legion in 1937. 1940 founded the special SS battalion"Dirlewange" made up of criminals. This unit was investigated by a Hauptamt SS court for extreme cruelty and murderous havoc during"partisan comba" in Poland and Belarus. The"Dirlewange" unit was also active in the suppression of the Warsaw Uprising in 1944.